Could we please have all Agricultural Club Day Cups and Trophies returned to school as soon as possible. Look out for more information next week.

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Last Thursday the children at East School had a more unusual assembly, because there was a Talent Quest. There was dancing, there was prancing and a hullabaloo and after each performance it was tight, it was nervous and anxious back stage. Afterwards here is what some people have to say. There were 2 questions that [...]

The Habits of Mind School Goal for this week is Questioning and Problem Solving. Knowing what data are needed and developing questioning strategies to produce those data. Finding problems to solve.

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We held a ‘Talent Quest’ during assembly time early in term 4 here are some snippets are shown in the movie below. Many thanks to Mrs Huggard for organizing the ‘Talent Quest’.

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As part of the visioning process, 20 families have been randomly selected from the school roll for the parents vision session on the 22nd of October. This session will help us refine our school vision. If you did not get the opportunity to share your ideas, questionnaires are available at the school office.

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The Habits of Mind School Goal for this week is gathering data through all senses. We will use our natural pathways. This week we will gather data through all senses — taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight.

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